Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 21:48:28 +0800 From: "stormjumper" <stormjumper@myrealbox.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: FreeBSD: diff between RELEASE and STABLE Message-ID: <005501c3a9ec$dd5d6f90$6305a8c0@hockjim.homeip.net>
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hi,
i'm slightly confused by the use of the terms RELEASE and STABLE.
specifically, i refer to section/chapter 2 at the FreeBSD Early Adopter's
Guide at
http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.1R/early-adopter.html
where it states that
"At the moment, only one STABLE branch is under active development; this
branch is referred to as ``4-STABLE'', and all of the FreeBSD 4.X releases
were based on it."
yet 4.9 is the production release, and is referred to as a release at
http://www.freebsd.org
can anyone explain the two terms in a less confusing way?
also, is 4.9 the stable release or not?
thanks
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